Tassili n’Ajjer area

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World Heritage Site cultural landscape mountain range plateau

The Tassili n’Ajjer area is a vast plateau in southeastern Algeria renowned for its dramatic sandstone formations and one of the world’s richest concentrations of prehistoric rock art.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tassili n’Ajjer National Park 1
Tassili n’Ajjer area canonical 1
Tassili n’Ajjer region 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural landscape ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
climate hyper-arid desert climate ⓘ
contains gueltas ⓘ
oases ⓘ
prehistoric archaeological sites ⓘ
rock shelters ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
elevationMax over 2000 metres ⓘ
geologicalComposition sandstone ⓘ
hasLandform cliffs ⓘ
deep gorges ⓘ
eroded sandstone pillars ⓘ
rock arches ⓘ
hasRockArtPeriod Camel period ⓘ
Horse period ⓘ
Pastoral period ⓘ
Round Head period ⓘ
heritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(vii) ⓘ
(viii) ⓘ
knownFor archaeological significance ⓘ
biodiversity in a desert environment ⓘ
dramatic sandstone formations ⓘ
prehistoric rock art ⓘ
locatedIn Sahara Desert ⓘ
southern Algeria ⓘ
surface form: southeastern Algeria
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Illizi Province ⓘ
Tamanrasset Province ⓘ
partOf Tassili n’Ajjer area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tassili n’Ajjer National Park
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
rockArtAge approximately 10,000 years ⓘ
rockArtDepicts domesticated animals ⓘ
human figures ⓘ
ritual scenes ⓘ
wild fauna ⓘ
rockArtTechnique engravings ⓘ
paintings ⓘ
significance evidence of early human adaptation to Sahara environmental changes ⓘ
one of the world’s richest concentrations of prehistoric rock art ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 179 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType mixed cultural and natural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1982 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghat → nearRegion → Tassili n’Ajjer area ⓘ
Ghat Oasis → locatedNear → Tassili n’Ajjer area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tassili n’Ajjer region
Tassili n’Ajjer area → partOf → Tassili n’Ajjer area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Tassili n’Ajjer
this entity surface form: Tassili n’Ajjer National Park